FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[Simba]

Gordon and d-mac...Good Stuff!!!...We shall see after "the meat of the schedule" concludes, who will be eating prime rib and who will be eating crow!...May the feast begin and of course wash it down with some Lager! :-)

Simba

[kate]

Just a Real OLD cheer here for my Aggies tomorrow at Lycoming "Hit em High, Hit em Low, Come ON, Aggies, Let's GO!!!  We'll be listening to Gordon's call of the game.

[Simba]

Rick-it-ee...Rack-it-ee...Sis...Boom...Bah,
Lyco beats the Aggies...Rah...Rah...Rah! 

[kate]

Well, for all you Lycoming fans on here, congratulations - Lyco 19/Del Val 16.   From my point of view - DARN IT!   From your point of view, good stuff.   

[kate]

Ps:  What IS Brockport's secret?  They lost today, I think, to Rowan by four points.  That saying is so darn trite, but that's why they play the games.

[Lyco80]

Hey Simba, and

How does roast Ram taste anyway?  Are you going to the LVC game next week?  I have been monitoring the games on the pc - tough wins the last two weeks but looks like the boys may be on a MAC roll.  Trust you are well - let's have a Yingling and toast the lads!

[D3viewer]

Ps:  What IS Brockport's secret?  They lost today, I think, to Rowan by four points.  That saying is so darn trite, but that's why they play the games.

Secret to what ?

[kate]

For beating Lyco (bad) that first game of the season.

[Simba]

Lyco80

Knowing it's all Greek to me Capt. Jack, we had lamb instead of ram and it's not even Easter!...And boy did it taste good washing it down with the local beverage of choice!...The local SKOOKS left Simba's Lair with their swords swinging high and low now having to wait patiently another week to deliver the next blow!...

Absolutely nothing wrong with winning ugly...A buddy of mine from "Yangville" who played for Del-Val back in the day at offensive tackle, was in the Lair watching the game on the big screen with us and said it was like watching not who wanted to win, but who was fighting not to lose...missed extra points, missed field goals, personal fouls, turnovers...very ugly!....But as they say, we'll take the "W"...

As always Sir, thank you for your service to our Country...

Simba

[D3viewer]

For beating Lyco (bad) that first game of the season.

And the first game last season. Look no farther than your own coaches words. Basically Brockport is/was bigger, faster, stronger..more athletic.
Also Lyco is known for defense and their defensive coaches got ambushed in 2012..and had all offseason to prepare for Bport this season and still had no answers.

[AUPepBand]

For beating Lyco (bad) that first game of the season.

And the first game last season. Look no farther than your own coaches words. Basically Brockport is/was bigger, faster, stronger..more athletic.
Also Lyco is known for defense and their defensive coaches got ambushed in 2012..and had all offseason to prepare for Bport this season and still had no answers.

Pep was unable to attend the Alfred-Brockport State game but Pep's 85-year-old father, who has missed all of THREE home games at Alfred since he was 9 years old, was at Brockport. Pops said that Brockport was ATHLETIC and HUGE! (They were big, too!) He said they will cause some trouble for E8 teams next year. Pep credits Brockport's taunting fans for firing up the Saxons and the coaching staff making halftime adjustments to shut down the potent Brockport attack in the second half of the 34-28 OT win.

On Saxon Warriors!

[Knightstalker]

For beating Lyco (bad) that first game of the season.

And the first game last season. Look no farther than your own coaches words. Basically Brockport is/was bigger, faster, stronger..more athletic.
Also Lyco is known for defense and their defensive coaches got ambushed in 2012..and had all offseason to prepare for Bport this season and still had no answers.

Pep was unable to attend the Alfred-Brockport State game but Pep's 85-year-old father, who has missed all of THREE home games at Alfred since he was 9 years old, was at Brockport. Pops said that Brockport was ATHLETIC and HUGE! (They were big, too!) He said they will cause some trouble for E8 teams next year. Pep credits Brockport's taunting fans for firing up the Saxons and the coaching staff making halftime adjustments to shut down the potent Brockport attack in the second half of the 34-28 OT win.

On Saxon Warriors!

But did they have blazing speed?

[gordonmann]

The puzzling thing about the Brockport-Lycoming score is this chain of results...

Brockport 30, Lycoming 2
Delaware Valley 35, Rowan 27
Rowan 20, Brockport 16
Lycoming 19, Delaware Valley 16

Lycoming and Delaware Valley were pretty even in terms of size, speed and strength, at least to my eyes based on Saturday's game.  The same was true of Rowan and Del Val. And the score indicates Brockport was pretty even with Rowan.

If Brockport was altogether superior to Lycoming, then shouldn't they have handled Rowan?  This isn't intended to play the comparative score game ("If X beats Y and Y beats Z...").  It just points out how strange that Lycoming-Brockport State result looks based on where the teams finished last year, where they are headed this year and how much Brockport dominated Lycoming in two consecutive openers.

As for Coach Clark's comments, it's easier for coaches to say Team X beat us because they are much better than us.  And that certainly was the case on that day.  But when results over a period of time aren't consistent, then you have to revisit whether Team X was inherently superior (stronger, faster, bigger) or whether they do something particularly well that counters the other team's strengths or highlights their weaknesses.

[D3MAFAN]

The puzzling thing about the Brockport-Lycoming score is this chain of results...

Brockport 30, Lycoming 2
Delaware Valley 35, Rowan 27
Rowan 20, Brockport 16
Lycoming 19, Delaware Valley 16

Lycoming and Delaware Valley were pretty even in terms of size, speed and strength, at least to my eyes based on Saturday's game.  The same was true of Rowan and Del Val. And the score indicates Brockport was pretty even with Rowan.

If Brockport was altogether superior to Lycoming, then shouldn't they have handled Rowan?  This isn't intended to play the comparative score game ("If X beats Y and Y beats Z...").  It just points out how strange that Lycoming-Brockport State result looks based on where the teams finished last year, where they are headed this year and how much Brockport dominated Lycoming in two consecutive openers.

As for Coach Clark's comments, it's easier for coaches to say Team X beat us because they are much better than us.  And that certainly was the case on that day.  But when results over a period of time aren't consistent, then you have to revisit whether Team X was inherently superior (stronger, faster, bigger) or whether they do something particularly well that counters the other team's strengths or highlights their weaknesses.

I think this is why I love football and the X's and O's of it. Games can be decided in a variety of ways (i.e. skill level, depth, etc...) However, I think at certain times it is about matchups and how the coaches handle those matchups. Week after week, coaches come up with specific game plans/schemes for an opponent, yet when two teams are evenly matched athletically, I think the team that makes the proper adjustments usually comes out victorious. You see that when teams play these tough season games and in the playoffs.

[D3viewer]

Good points by all.